Daily Bread Bible Study
The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus
Chapter 7
The River of Blood Bible Study
The Nile River Turned to Blood
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The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus
Chapter 7
The River of Blood Bible Study Lesson
The Nile River Turned to Blood Bible Story
Thanks for being here with us at Daily Bread. Glad to have you join
us for another story from the book of Exodus. When we left off last
time, God told Moses to go back to Pharaoh a second time and tell him
to let His people go. Moses, still not convinced that he was the man
for the job asked God, Why should Pharaoh listen to me, of all people?
God answered, You see, I have made you a god to Pharaoh and Aaron
will be your prophet. You'll tell Aaron everything that I say and
Aaron will tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his
land. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart and show many signs in the
land of Egypt, but Pharaoh won't listen to you. I will lay my hand
upon Egypt (when God says something is done by His hand, it means by
His power) and bring out my armies, and my people out of Egypt with
great justice. Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I
stretch out my hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel
from among them.
So Moses and Aaron did what the Lord told them to do. Moses was 80
years old and Aaron was 83 when they went to speak to Pharaoh. Forty
years has passed since Moses killed the Egyptian.
The River of Blood Bible Study Warning
The Nile River Turned to Blood Bible Story Curses
Now you may be wondering, because it's been mentioned a few times
now, why did God harden Pharaoh's heart. Well, these were God's
people and He not only wanted to free them from slavery in Egypt but
He also wanted to show the Egyptians that He is God. You can bet that
the Egyptians wouldn't believe it if Pharaoh let over 600,000 slaves
go free just because an 80 year old man suddenly showed up on
Pharaoh's doorstep one day out of nowhere with his big brother and
said, okey dokey, you're gonna free all the Israelites that have
slaved for the last 430 years making Egypt a rich nation.
You can see that it just couldn't happen that way. No, ladies and
gentlemen, God would have to show them a thing or ten. Don't forget
about what God told Abraham about blessing those who blessed him and
cursing those who cursed him, Genesis
12:3. If you remember, when Joseph was alive in Egypt,
the Pharaoh at that time was kind to Israel, Genesis
47:5-6, and Egypt prospered better than any other nation
through the great famine. Egypt wasn't going to get away with the
imprisoning of God's people without some consequences. Just a little
Daily Bread Crumb for ya.
The River of Blood Bible Study Dangers
The Nile River Turned to Blood Bible Story Concerns
Getting back to our story, God told Moses, Pharaoh will want you to
show him a miracle. You will tell Aaron, Take your staff and throw it
down in front of Pharaoh and it'll become a serpent. So they went in
to Pharaoh and did what the Lord told them in front of Pharaoh and
his servants and the staff became a serpent.
Pharaoh called on his wise men and wizards and the magicians of Egypt
did the same thing with their witchery. They all threw down their
staffs and they became serpents, but Aaron's staff swallowed up all
of theirs.
And God hardened Pharaoh's heart and told Moses, Pharaoh is stubborn,
he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning. He
will be going to the river. You will wait at the river's edge until
he gets there. Take the staff with you that was turned into a
serpent. You will say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to
you saying, Let my people go so they may serve me in the wilderness,
and you wouldn't listen. Now the Lord says, By this you will know
that I am the Lord, watch, I will take the staff in my hand and
strike the water in the river and it will turn to blood. The fish in
the river will die, the water will stink and the Egyptians will hate
to drink the water.
The River of Blood Bible Study Curse
The Nile River Turned to Blood Bible Story Fears
The Lord told Moses, Tell Aaron to take your staff and stretch out
your hand on the waters of Egypt, on their streams, on their rivers,
on their ponds and on all their pools of water so they all may turn
to blood and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, both
in containers of wood and of stone.
So Moses and Aaron did so, and all the waters of Egypt turned to
blood. The fish died, the river stank and the Egyptians couldn't
drink the water. There was blood throughout all of Egypt.
The magicians of Egypt did the same with their witchery and Pharaoh's
heart was hardened. He didn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the
Lord had said. (We'll be learning a bit more about these magicians in
a later chapter.)
Pharaoh went home and didn't let the matter bother him at all. Pride
is a very stubborn thing to overcome. The Egyptians dug around the
river for water to drink because the water in the river was
undrinkable.
The River of Blood Bible Study Summary
The Nile River Turned to Blood Bible Story Conclusion
This was the first plague that God inflicted upon Egypt. The trust
Moses has in God seems to be strengthening as he sees the Lord
working through him. A heartless Pharaoh makes things much worse
however as time goes on, so be sure to come back and see what happens
next as we continue our study of the Book of Exodus here at Daily
Bread.
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